Past Events Photos 2002:

Write to the Bridget if you have
photos of Youth Boffer events that we can post here!.

The number in parens indicates number of warriors in each
age group. The name indicates the winner of each age group. (Teka
with Bridget) means that Teka was running the event for her Boffer
Deputy training sign-off, under Bridgets supervision.

Run by Bridget, assisted by Kuma, Vaar and Agelastus (Calafian
Baronial Guard, fighter who was injured and could not fight so
he helped with Boffers, we need more like him!) James of the Lake
made great pomp and ceremony heralding our bouts, which certainly
added to the effect. We ran several melee war scenarios before
the actual tourney, which the kids love doing! We limit the melees
to 7 and up, and keep the teams balanced during melee fighting.

February 17  Estrella War (Bridget). Up to 6 (10) Casandra,
7-9 (12) Jonathan, 10-13 (35) YES THAT IS THIRTY FIVE KIDS IN
ONE AGE GROUP! Sarah, 14-16 (9) James de Burger.

Since I did not know when there might be court to give the
kids their prizes, I took a trick from Pennsic and awarded the
prizes myself at the end of each age group's tourney. Although
I am nothing royal to give the moment the air of authority it
deserves, this way I was sure the kids and their parents were
all there to see the award presented. I had beaded necklaces that
I had made myself for the prizes. I also gave out "most chivalrous"
and "best death" prizes as determined by myself and
my marshals.

I ran the tourney under "Caidan Rules", flying the
Caidan Ministry of Children banner for all to see! Under Caidan
rules, I refused those wanting to bring Dad's steel helm and scutum
shields onto the field, and asked them to use other gear. Most
all accepted the slight differences in our rules compared to Atenveldt
rules as merely different ways of playing the game. The reason
for these changes are to spare damage to the Kingdom swords, which
are beat up badly enough on plastic helms and foam pads. Most
of the Aten kids had their own armor and knew enough of the rules
to do just fine. I was very impressed by their progress!

In marshalling, I was assisted by Marcus (a blessed man, Atenveldt
Minister of Boffers), Heinrich and Storm (both from Naevehejm),
Nathaniel Longbow (who has been boffer champion many times over
the past few years, now is too old to play and is readying his
Heavy Weapons armor. He came over to assist and marshal for me).
Also marshalling were Arthur the Red (of Calafia, he has assisted
me a number of times in the past at Potrero and Calafian events),
Samantha Marine, and Lord Martin. Calum of Starkhafn waded in
and took on the daunting task of organizing that horrific 35-kid
List, which included additional lives for those with their own
armor. Half of those assisting me were Caidan, the other half
were regulars on the Atenveldt Boffer scene. This was an excellent
example of inter-kingdom cooperation and coordination. Between
each of the age group bouts, Master Gwylym of Atenveldt brought
out a group of older Aten kids in nearly-Heavy armor to perform
Pas d'Arms for the assembled audience. This went very well and
was very well received. There was a huge audience of parents and
families, at least a hundred folks at once! The event lasted about
3.5 grueling hours.

April 13 - King's Hunt/Isles Anniverasry in Carrig Wen (Isolde
with Bridget) Up to 6 (2) Kieran (son of Alexander and Isolde
Baird, 7-9 (6) Julianna of Deteriorata, 10-13 (3) Eric of Harshburg,
14-16 (0).Gideon, a fighter and dad of one of the fighters assisted
with marshalling a few rounds.

April 27 - Treasure Chest - Nordwache (Lishka with Bridget)

May 4 - Mons Draconis May Day Tourney - Dreiburgen (Kevin with
Bridget)